Cape Town News
Cape Town’s wandering penguins
Residents of the Boulder's Beach area about 100km south of Cape Town complain that thousands of penguins have "invaded" residential areas and are causing destruction.
Boulder's Beach is known for i...
Dar Es Salaam News
Major ivory seizure in Dar es Salaam
Police in Dar es Salaam have seized more than 200 elephant tusks hidden in a coffin and in fertiliser bags, in what is one of the nation's biggest seizures of ivory in recent history.
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Cape Town News
New rules for dogs on Cape Town beaches
The city of Cape Town has introduced new legislation banning dogs from some of its 72 beaches which it has divided into "dog-free" and "dog-friendly" zones.
Cape Town’s sport, recreatio...
Arusha News
Concern over wildebeest migration
Conservationists are concerned over the sudden and uncharacteristic change in the migratory pattern of wildebeest when, instead of spending two months in Kenya's Maasai Mara, the animals stayed just t...
Nairobi News
Nairobi’s Mater Hospital celebrates 50 years
The Mater Hospital in Nairobi celebrated its 50th anniversary on 22 September with a celebration attended by Kenya's vice president Moody Awori, the Irish consul Joe O'Brien, Bishop Domic Kimengich fr...
Dar Es Salaam News
Dar es Salaam has begun a renewed poisoning campaign in an attempt to eradicate the Indian House Crow, also known as the Colombo Crow, killing thousands of the birds resident mainly along the city's c...
Arusha News
Arusha hosts major conference on birds
The 13th Pan-African Ornithological Congress takes place at the Corridor Springs Hotel in Arusha from 14-21 October.
This year's meeting will discuss African bird conservation, focusing in pa...
Cape Town News
Hippo on the loose in Cape Town
Conservation officials in Cape Town have warned people to stay away from a hippopotamus that has been sighted in the partly-residential Zeekoevlei district, south-east of the city centre, in recent da...
Cape Town News
Doing Business in Africa is the subject of a seminar in Cape Town on 25-26 July organised by the Cape Chamber of Commerce and First National/Rand Merchant Bank.
Subjects under discussion include tr...
Lagos News
Lagos demolition may leave thousands homeless
Demolition on a large waterfront slum in the Makoko district of Lagos could leave tens of thousands people destitute.
Residents of Makoko, a shanty town on stilts over the city's lagoon, were given...
Maputo News
Maputo authorities have confirmed the theft of 266 elephant tusks, weighing six tons, from the country's National Directorate of Land and Forests (DNTF), a guarded institution under the aegis of the M...
Cape Town News
Cape Town battles with baboons
Cape Town has introduced measures to deal with recent forays by baboons into the small seaside town of Gordon's Bay in the Western Cape.
It follows an increasing number of reports in recent weeks o...
Cape Town News
Ostrich ban affects South African farms
South Africa’s ostrich farms are struggling as an export ban caused by Bird Flu continues to cause havoc in an industry that dates back to 1864.
Since the H5N2 virus was discovered on 9 April...
Dar Es Salaam News
Wild animals smuggled from Tanzania to Pakistan
An investigation into the alleged smuggling of large wild animals from Tanzania to Karachi in south Pakistan has been launched by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), after interventions fro...
Nairobi News
Major ivory seizure in Nairobi
An investigation has been launched after customs officials seized a 600-kg cargo of ivory at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on 22 June.
Airport authorities were assisted by the Kenya...
Cape Town News
South Africa wins IRB Junior World Championship
South Africa's "Baby Boks" squad were declared winners of the IRB Junior World Championships in Cape Town's Newlands Stadium on 22 June, when they beat four-time defending champions New Zealand 22-16....
Nairobi News
Six wild lions were killed in Nairobi on 18 June after they strayed into a residential area of the capital and were hunted down by locals. The animals, which came from Nairobi National Park, had kille...
Dar Es Salaam News
Tanzania suspends Serengeti officials after rhino killings
Four senior wildlife officials and 28 game wardens have been suspended after poachers killed two critically-endangered rhinos in Tanzania's Serengeti park, according to the country's minister for...
Nairobi News
Lions sighted in Nairobi outskirts
There have been increased sightings of wild lions in the affluent Nairobi suburb of Langata, which borders the 12,000-hectare Nairobi National Park nature reserve.
After recent unsuccessful attempt...
Addis Ababa News
Conservation plan for Ethiopia’s wild animals
Ethiopia has unveiled a conservation plan to protect three of its largest carnivores – the cheetah, wild dog and lion, whose natural environments are under increasing threat by development and h...
